What square root equals 4987?

What square root equals 4987? In other words, what number would you take the square root of to get 4987? To solve this problem, we want to find x in the following equation:

√x = 4987

To solve the √x = 4987 equation, we first raise both sides to the power of 2 to eliminate the square root:

(√x)² = 4987²
x = 4987²

Then, we calculate 4987² to get the following answer:

4987² = 4987 × 4987
4987² = 24,870,169

√24,870,169 = 4987

We've provided the equation above to help you understand the underlying concept of solving problems like this. In the future, remember that you can solve all similar problems by simply multiplying the number by itself.

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